
NATO says UK to stay ‘strong ally’ despite Brexit
Brussels (AFP) June 24, 2016 - Britain will remain a strong ally and continue to play a leading role in NATO despite its vote to leave the European Union, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said Friday.
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Brussels (AFP) June 24, 2016 - Britain will remain a strong ally and continue to play a leading role in NATO despite its vote to leave the European Union, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said Friday.
Jun 24, 2016

Seoul (AFP) June 24, 2016 - Pyongyang on Saturday rejected the UN Security Council's sharp criticism of its latest missile tests and blamed the United States for driving the divided peninsula toward an uncontrollable extreme phase.
Jun 24, 2016

Andover, Mass. (UPI) Jun 24, 2016 - Raytheon is to modernize Kuwait's Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems under a $523 million contract issued by the U.S. Army.
Jun 24, 2016

Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 24, 2016 - Russia is planning to release to public its catalog of near-Earth objects, including US military satellites, a Russian official said. Russia will publicly release its own database of Earth orbiting
Jun 24, 2016

McLean VA (SPX) Jun 24, 2016 - As a retired Army Signal Officer, I understand how critical satellite connectivity is to accomplishing the mission. I've also experienced how frustrating bandwidth constraints can be in the field. A
Jun 24, 2016

Beijing (AFP) June 24, 2016 - A Chinese media outlet that carried a call for President Xi Jinping to resign has been shut down and two of its staff have been detained for more than 100 days, according to a social media post Friday.
Jun 24, 2016

Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Jun 24, 2016 - The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin are ready to launch the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) secure communications satellite, MUOS-5, here on Friday, June 24, aboard a United Launch Alliance
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Washington (AFP) June 24, 2016 - The United States wants to wrap up discussions with South Korea on the deployment of a sophisticated defense system, the Pentagon said Friday, two days after North Korea's latest missile tests.
Jun 24, 2016

Washington (AFP) June 23, 2016 - The United States will continue to expand its defense systems to protect South Korea and regional allies from North Korean missiles, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Wednesday.
Jun 23, 2016

Seoul (AFP) June 23, 2016 - Leader Kim Jong-Un threatened US military bases across the Pacific after North Korea's test of a powerful new missile triggered emergency UN Security Council talks late Wednesday on curbing Pyongyang's nuclear programme.
Jun 23, 2016

Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2016 - North Korea has no thoughts of resuming six-party talks on its nuclear programme, a top Pyongyang official said Thursday in Beijing, despite the repeated urgings of its closest ally China.
Jun 23, 2016

Washington (UPI) Jun 23, 2016 - The United States and Estonia are strengthening their cooperation in research and technological development in the field of defense.
Jun 23, 2016

Washington (AFP) June 23, 2016 - US military leaders are weighing whether to request additional coalition troops to help local forces fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq, but no decisions have been made, a military official said Thursday.
Jun 23, 2016

Carepa, Colombia (AFP) June 23, 2016 - She was one of the most-wanted FARC guerrilla commanders, but these days she sews uniforms for the very Colombian army soldiers she used to fight.
Jun 23, 2016

Paris (AFP) June 23, 2016 - France will deploy four Mirage 2000 fighter planes to the Baltic states in September for an air policing mission in line with NATO's initiative to boost defence in states bordering Russia, the French army announced Thursday.
Jun 23, 2016

Jakarta (AFP) June 23, 2016 - President Joko Widodo visited remote Indonesian islands on a warship Thursday in an apparent show of force after clashes with Chinese vessels and as fears grow Beijing is seeking to stake a claim in nearby waters.
Jun 23, 2016